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Bruce Hopkins has been playing golf for more than four decades, and he’s accomplished more than his fair share of notable achievements on the links.
A common theme in all sports is being able to adjust to unexpected changes in personnel, playing conditions and/or execution. The local pros from the…
Down the Fairway: Russo seeks another amateur championship | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Although match play is a format that allows many competitors to be more aggressive on certain shots and puts the emphasis more on one’s opponent than on the course, Dan Russo doesn’t change his focus much at all. Russo, the 63-year-old member of Schuyler Meadows, is the area’s all-time leader in major tournament victories among amateurs. Russo certainly knows how to win in golf, and he will play his normal game next weekend when the annual Tri-County Golf Association Match Play Championship i...
WILTON, N.Y. â Local golf course McGregor Links is marking its 100th anniversary, with some special centennial celebrations planned for the season. Located at 359 Northern Pines Rd. in Wilton, McGregor Links Country Club is rich in history. The site was developed by New York State Senator Edgar T. Brackett and designed by world-renowned architect Devereux Emmet, who created more than 150 golf courses including Bethpage, Congressional and Leatherstocking. While many of Emmetâs courses have become outdated due to technological developments in the sport, âThis one was ahead of its...
Mont Pleasant/SUNY Schenectady grad wins Grammy Award; Miller, Albany Symphony also win | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHER: Charlie Post received his first Grammy nomination -- and first Grammy Award -- for his work as sound engineer on Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13. (Courtesy CSO) Shares0 Editor’s note: Parts of this story first appeared in a Feb. 10 story in The Daily Gazette by Geraldine Freedman. Mont Pleasant High School and SUNY Schenectady graduate Charlie Post, a sound engineer with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, won a G...